Advanced Process Control (APC) and optimization technologies have long been used to support downstream operations for oil & gas, petrochemical and chemical companies. Early adopters also deployed these solutions to their upstream assets with positive results.

Full azimuth angle domain imaging provides an alternate way to map events in structurally complex areas. Information about continuous surfaces can be derived from specular gathers, while diffraction gathers are used to derive information about discontinuity i.e., faults and small-scale fractures.

For chemical manufacturers, responding with agility to inevitable daily supply and demand disruptions is vital to reach planning and scheduling goals.

Unexpected disturbances and shutdowns can severely impact any manufacturing facility. The AspenTech APM 4.0 portfolio uses agents that can be replicated quickly and easily across all plant assets to assure production and avoid unnecessary maintenance. Learn how APM 4.0 delivers an all-inclusive approach to efficiency, productivity and safety to support operational excellence in plant operations and the bottom line for manufacturers.

In this case study, discover how Sardeolica used prescriptive maintenance to achieve maximum value and expects to reduce maintenance costs up to 10 percent per year.

In a rapidly evolving global market, energy and chemical companies are always looking for ways to squeeze the most margins out of operations—and meet planned targets. New innovations in planning and scheduling software are making that easier than ever.

This paper presents a method for maximizing fault information from depth migrated narrow-azimuth as well as full-azimuth seismic data. The study demonstrates that depth domain diffraction imaging can be used to generate higher resolution fault definition than conventional reflectivity volumes, or their derivative post-stack attributes.

The latest advancements in seismic processing and imaging, such as geostatistical interval velocity derivation and full-azimuth imaging, have improved many geologically complex and structurally deeper sediments.

High-quality subsurface images are critical for uncovering geological and geophysical aspects of the subsurface. Much vintage data was acquired in areas where no new surveys are available for a variety of reasons, so that reprocessing existing data may be the only option. The reprocessing results discussed in this paper have tremendously improved image quality and increased the interpreter’s confidence by resolving depth issues, fault positioning and reservoir connectivity.

Natural and induced fractures play a vital role in determining hydrocarbon producibility in basement exploration. An accurate understanding of fracture networks is critical for optimizing development in naturally fractured reservoirs, since the intensity and orientation of fractures significantly affect fluid flow in the reservoir rocks. Assorted techniques are available to characterize these fractures.